Ellenborough & Ewanrigg School Travel Plan 2008-2009 Contents page 1. School details Page 3 2. W orking party – to develop and implement the plan Page 6 3. Survey and route plotting carried out Page 7 4. Summary of transport and road safety problems Page 9 5. W orking party recommendations for action Page 10 6. Targets – specific % targets for modal shift by yearly review date Page 10 7. Action plans Page 11 8. Review of targets Page 15 9. Cycle count Page 16 10. Monitoring training Page 17 11. Comments and notes Page 18 12. Signed agreement Page 19 2 1 School details DCSF school reference number 909/2124 Type of school Infant school Number on roll (including no. of SEN pupils 66 (2 Children with Statements - children at school action; 10 with a brief description of subsequent impact on Children at School Action +) One of the children with the statements travel) has a physical and medical disability. Number of staff (It is highly recommended that a supplementary 16 Travel Plan for staff and other school users is developed) Age range of pupils 3-7 years School contact details Head teacher Mrs. Wendy Hazzard Address Victory Crescent, Maryport, Cumbria Postcode CA15 7NE Telephone number 01900 812931 Fax 01900 812931 Email address [email protected] Website ellbra-ewan.cumbria.sch.uk Working group contact Name Mrs. Wendy Hazzard School situation and use Description of school locality/ This school is situated on the outskirts of the town of Maryport on catchment area and current transport the west coast of the Lake District National Park. It is a small school links (e.g. bus services/cycle routes) with the number on roll being 66. Most of the children travel to school on foot from the surrounding Ellenborough and Ewanrigg housing estate. Some children travel to school from the town of Maryport and they generally travel by car. The community in which the children live has high levels of social and economic disadvantages and many children face significant barriers to learning. The number of children with statements of special educational needs is high for the size of the school and one child is registered disabled. The nearest train station is Maryport which provides a link along the west coast of Cumbria with Carlisle. It would not be necessary for the children to use the train to travel to school unless they were travelling from another town along the cumbrian coast. There is a bus route around the school area but it is not necessary for the children to use the bus route as it does not come directly along the school road, however some children who have to travel from town could with adult supervision use the bus service but it is limited. See below a map of the bus routes around Maryport. 3 Use (e.g. playground, car park, entrances, There are two entrances to the school. One entrance situated to the school crossing patrol) rear of the school is for pedestrian access only. It is protected during school hours by a gate which is locked once the parents have left in the morning and opened each evening to enable parents to collect their children. The main entrance to the school has a pedestrian and vehicular access. The access and parking for vehicles is very limited. The car park accommodates approx. 10 cars. Pedestrian access is separated from the car park by a railing and children and adults walk into school along the footpath. There are two separate gates at this entrance one for pedestrians and one for vehicles. The road outside the school is a traffic calmed area and there are speed humps in the road immediately outside the school. There are zig zag markings outside the school to prevent traffic parking around the entrances to the school. The school has two large playgrounds which are both well equipped with outdoor playing facilities. One playground is more suitable for younger children (Foundation Stage) and one for the older children (Key Stage 1). The school has just started a healthy breakfast club where the parents can drop off their children at 8.15 a.m. We currently run after school clubs staffed by members of staff in school on Mondays and Tuesdays from 3.00p.m. to 3.45p.m. 4 Foundation S tage Playground A rea G ardening A rea at rear of school Entrance to S chool Aims The main aims of our travel plan are: To increase the proportion of school journeys undertaken on foot by all members of the school community to minimize the negative environmental impact of school travel. To equip pupils with the knowledge and skills needed to walk to school safely. To contribute to pupils’ health and personal development by encouraging increased levels of walking and cycling so that they can carry such habits into adulthood. 5 Objectives • S et up and sustain a school travel plan w orking party w ith annual m onitoring and review (7.5). • Increase travel and health aw areness and provide a travel to school noticeboard (7.1) (7.5). • Provide pedestrian training and basic road safety (7.1) (7.2). • Prom ote car sharing (7.4) • Publicise Better w ays T o S chool and inform the local com m unity. (7.4) • Encourage children to w ear high visibility jackets or carry high visibility book bags on w alking journeys in the dark (7.5). • Im prove road safety around the school and on the children’s routes to school (7.5). • Incorporate and integrate sustainable and healthy travel issues in the curriculum (7.5). • In consultation w ith parents and the local com m unity petition the H ighw ays departm ent concerning the gritting of roads and pathw ays on the routes around school (7.5). • Prom ote and increase w alking to school (7.4). • Prom ote the travel plan in school assem blies, induction days, in the school prospectus (7.5). 2 W orking party – to develop and implement the plan Name Position Responsibility within working party M rs. W endy H azzard H eadteacher Coordinator M em bers of the S chool Council Pupils Pupil Link M rs. Karen A nderson T eaching A ssistant S taff Link M rs. J ulie Pearson Learning M entor/G overnor G overnor Link M rs. S ue Chapm an Chair of G overnors G overnor M rs. Pam ela H olt Parent Parent Link M iss A bigail D ow son BW T S advisor A dvisor link How were people consulted? (e.g. working party meetings, surveys of pupils and staff, newsletters) Name/position Subject/how the consultation took place Date Appendix no. Parents Parents w ere given a questionnaire survey to com plete 21.11.08 i – return by 21.11.08 W orking Party W orking Party Initial M eeting – M inutes 5.12.08 ii W orking Party M eeting - M inutes 19.1.09 iv S taff/Pupils O n Line S urvey com pleted to analyse travel m odes to 20.11.08 iii and from school – Results S urvey to Request Participation in N ational Cam paign 23.2.09 v for ‘W alk T o S chool’ – A pplication from to request Participation G overnors G overnors consulted/Inform ed about the progress of 20.1.09 vi the w orking party/travel plan 6 3 Survey and route plotting carried out Please attach survey results and analysis from BWTS website and keep a record of survey/route plotting. Baseline Data Survey How do you travel to school? Date of No. Bus Car/Van Car Share Cycling Rail Walk Other Year survey of (dd/mm) pupils No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No % No % 2008/ 04/11 46 0 0 17 37 4 9 0 0 0 0 25 54 0 0 09 How would you like to travel to school? Date of No. Bus Car/Van Car Share Cycling Rail Walk Other Year Survey of (dd/mm) pupils No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % 2008/ 04/11 46 0 0 16 35 5 11 0 0 0 0 25 54 0 0 09 Survey Notes Results of Surveys attached appendix iii Year 1 pupils- 67% of pupils walk to school (8 children) and 33% arrive by car (3 children). Year 2 pupils- 79% of pupils walk to school (15) with the remaining 11% arriving by car (2) or car share (2). Staff- 73.3% of staff drive to school, 13.3% car share and a further 13.3% walk. Add additional local information known to the school (e.g. where pupils travel in from, particularly if travelling in by bus) / details of other surveys carried out, as well as transport needs of pupils with SEN if applicable Notes There is one child in the school who has SEN transport needs. He comes to school by car and is escorted by his parents. The school has disabled access. 7 4 Summary of transport and road safety problems Current problems on routes to school, and reasons preventing sustainable travel to school, including how these problems have been identified and when: • As many of the children walk to school the school has identified a need to purchase high visibility jackets for the children to wear on their routes to school and on school outings to make their presence more noticeable to motorists. Some children who have to walk longer distance to school have been provided with a high visibility jacket already in a trial. • The school does not generally experience congestion problems around the school.